Panel: The CPO agenda - shaping people strategy for business performance
How can the people profession have a greater impact on organisational performance?From...
How can the people profession have a greater impact on organisational performance?
From AI adoption to driving productivity, this session will share the perspectives of CPOs on where HR can make the greatest difference. Join us to hear how you can strengthen your influence and help shape the decisions that matter.
The conversation will explore:
how practitioners can build commercial acumen
how to leverage data to shape executive decisions
how to anticipate future workforce capabilities
how to drive meaningful organisational transformation
Losing experienced and high-performing people can damage organisational capability, productivity and performance....
Losing experienced and high-performing people can damage organisational capability, productivity and performance. The people profession needs to understand where unwanted turnover creates the greatest business risk and what it can do to reduce it. This session focuses on how organisations can use workforce insight to understand why people leave, identify retention risks and create the conditions that encourage critical talent to stay.
Key takeaways:
identify the people, roles and points in the employee journey where unwanted turnover creates the greatest risk
understand the organisational factors that drive why people stay or leave
explore practical retention levers including career development, reward, flexibility, employee experience and leadership.
12:10 - 12:50
From skills gaps to future-ready capability
Skills gaps, shrinking talent pipelines and recruitment challenges are putting pressure on...
Skills gaps, shrinking talent pipelines and recruitment challenges are putting pressure on organisational capability and performance. The people profession needs to look beyond today’s vacancies to identify the capabilities organisations will need in the future. This session focuses on how organisations can anticipate future capability needs and use workforce planning, recruitment, development, reskilling and external talent to close critical gaps.
Key takeaways:
identify current and future capability gaps
decide when to build, buy, borrow or automate skills and capability
strategies to strengthen recruitment, L&D and reskilling strategies in a tighter labour market.
12:50 - 13:50
Lunch
13:50 - 14:30
Live Q&A: Employment Right Act in Wales: What you need to know in 2027
Once your people strategy is agreed, the next challenge is putting it...
Once your people strategy is agreed, the next challenge is putting it into practice within the legal framework. With employment rights legislation continuing to develop, people professionals need to understand what is changing and what they need to do differently to ensure their strategy is implemented effectively.
This session will help you navigate the legal considerations involved in implementing your people strategy. You will also have the opportunity to put your questions to the panel, exploring how the law applies to your specific people strategy and gaining practical guidance to help you make informed decisions with confidence.
Key takeaways:
how you can identify the key actions and priorities for your organisation
assess where your current people practices may need to change to meet compliance and the business needs of your organisation
tools and practical questions to help start the implementation conversation with leaders and managers.
14:30 - 15:10
Age-diverse workforces – turning experience and potential into performance
With more than one in five people in Wales now aged 65+,...
With more than one in five people in Wales now aged 65+, and a Welsh Government ambition to halve the productivity gap with the rest of the UK, making the most of an age-diverse workforce is increasingly important. This session explores how age-diverse workforces can drive performance through inclusive leadership, flexible working, development and intergenerational learning.
Key takeaways:
understand how an age-diverse workforce can strengthen organisational capability, performance and productivity
identify how leadership, job design, development and flexibility can support people at different stages of their working lives
explore practical ways to strengthen knowledge sharing, intergenerational learning and collaboration.
15:10 - 15:40
Afternoon break
15:40 - 16:10
Case Study: AI in practice - what happens when you change how people work?
AI is moving from experimentation into everyday work. This case study looks...
AI is moving from experimentation into everyday work. This case study looks at how a Welsh organisation has introduced AI into its operations, the problem it was trying to solve, and what changed for its people and performance. It will examine how the organisation identified where AI could add value, redesigned work around the technology, supported employees through the change and measured the impact.
